Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Blue and purple
Elishah
General references
Bible References
Linen
1 Kings 10:28
And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.
Proverbs 7:16
My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
Isaiah 19:9
And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
Blue and purple
Exodus 25:4
And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;
Jeremiah 10:9
Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.
Elishah
Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
General references
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.